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A Plausible History of Xicotencatl II

Runner-up: 2025 Venturous Playwriting Fellowship

Finalist: O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Bay Area Playwrights Festival

Xicotencatl II, an indigenous military leader from (the lands that are now called) Mexico, has been reliving his execution at the hands of Spanish colonizers for the last 500 years. When a cynical college student in present-day Texas connects with Xicotencatl II in her dreams, she begins to question everything she thought she knew. As her obsession with the people and events in her dreams grows, her grasp on reality weakens. She begins to wonder if returning to the old gods with an adequate sacrifice could break Xicotencatl's death loop and save her world from increasingly bleak circumstances.

Skull Rack

Developed at New York Theatre Workshop’s Dartmouth Residency

In this pseudo-historical dark comedy set in 1459, Tez is captured by the Mexica (more commonly known as the Aztecs) and forced to impersonate a Nahua god for a year. Unbeknownst to him, he is participating in a ritual that will result in his brutal sacrifice, a religious ritual that the king uses to inspire the people toward conquest. Tez tries to convince himself that he actually is a god, if only to reduce his debilitating fear of death. As Tez and his babysitter, the king’s niece, develop a bond, they plot their escape from the empire.

Tiny Fingerprints

Workshop production: University of Texas at Austin

Reading: Latinx Playwrights Circle Fresh Draft Series, NYC

Bobby believes that the spirit of his dead child lives with the "ghost children" at the legendary haunted train tracks of San Antonio, Texas. His concerned ex-wife, a science Youtuber, a famous psychic medium, a troubled playwright and an ensemble of Ghost children push and pull Bobby between despair and healing as he navigates his crisis of belief, doubt, hope, and grief.

The Cucuy Will Find You

Winner of the 2020 Keene Prize for Literature

Readings: Playwrights’ Week at the Lark, NYC 2019; Teatro Vivo, Austin Latinx New Play Festival 2020; San Diego Rep, Latinx New Play Festival; 2020

Finalist: O’Neill National Playwrights Conference

The Cucuy, in Mexican-American folklore, eats bad children. But what does it mean to be a good child? For a seven-year-old in the back of a 1990 Ford Aerostar, it means shutting up every now and then. For a successful 30-something, like REY/REYNA, who has a fraught family history and lives far away from home, the answer is more complicated. When the Cucuy shows up and disrupts Rey's life and the very fabric of reality, Rey must prove that they are a good child. But even if they succeed, the ordeal might still consume them.

One-Act/Short plays

Waiting for Enviroman

Commissioned and produced as part of Vanderbilt University’s Eco-Grief Project

Four young people navigate their conflicting views on climate activism as they participate in a focus group for a blockbuster movie adaptation of an environmentally conscious cartoon from the 90's. The process blurs the line between reality and fiction as the participants become the characters from the film each time a new video clip is played. Will our heroes succumb to the easy narratives driven by corporate consumer culture?? Or will they accept the harsh and complicated reality of climate change??

Neither Nor

Commissioned by Broadway Podcast Network/Rattlestick Theater as part of the Isolated Incidents audio series.

An overworked postal worker must solve all of the world’s problems even though it’s not her job.

S.W.A.T.

Winner of the second-place prize of Playing on Air’s James Stevenson Award

In Los Angeles California, 2002, two conservatory-trained, graduate degree-holding Mexican-American actors prepare to audition for minor roles in the upcoming blockbuster film, S.W.A.T. Alex hopes that earning a role in a big movie will launch his career; Cisco is tired of playing Mexican-American gangsters. They use all of their training, skills, and passion on an audition side that gives them one short line each. But it aint easy.

Who Owns What

Commissioned by Artists’ Theatre of Boston as part of this place/Displaced, a collection of short plays about gentrification an d displacement.

Who Owns What is the play about the only game show that brings the fun and excitement of gentrification and displacement directly into the living room you no longer occupy! When Eve discovers that her condo has been put up for auction by the bank without her knowledge, she attempts to find some answers. Suddenly, a game show, complete with sound effects, a live TV studio audience, and an obnoxious host erupts in her living room, and the contestants compete for her home right in front of her. Eve must join in, but it's not a game for her; it's her home and her life.